A couple of artists claimed to be “jumping on the bandwagon” as they drew their own renditions of the female Bowser. We have Zumi (@ZumiDraws), LiliRulu (@lilirulu), Montie (@carlo_montie), RoMaNa (@FoxRomana_0), and Fream (@justfream).

Check the details in this photo from @ZumiDraws

Here’s a gothic lolita-esque art by @lilirulu

And a provocative bare Bowsette by @Carlo_Montie

Awesome art by @FoxRomana_0

A chibi version by @justfream

And of course, this trend would not be complete without a Bongo Cat meme version. Go give this a listen from Krisoyo (@Krisoyo)!

How a new persona was born

The female persona of Bowser, which everyone now calls as Bowsette, was created by Twitter user ayyk92. This Malaysian guy also goes by the name of haniwa.

Art by @ayyk92

On the 20th of September, haniwa tweeted a four-panel comic that he worked on about Mario and the gang. Here is the original comic, which is posted on his Twitter account. The tweet has garnered 70, 000 retweets and 154, 000 likes as of this writing.

Haniwa’s follower count immediately rose after having a top trending tag on Twitter Japan following the comic involving Bowsette.